Sentiments of the Season Day 2 - Believe Mini Totes - Judi Kauffman Guest Designer

Welcome to the Quietfire Sentiments of the Season Blog Hop! We’re celebrating the season with projects using our favourite Quietfire sentiment stamps and dies.  We have some great ideas to share with you!

We’re giving away a prize on each of the Sentiments of the Season blog posts.  All you have to do is leave a comment on the Sentiments of the Season blog posts and you will be entered for a chance to win a Quietfire stamp or die from that blog.  Each designer will randomly choose the winner from their comments. 

Here is our schedule:

Day 1- Monday November 23 : Teresa and Yogi

Day 2 -Tuesday November 24: KathyJo and Judi Kauffman (you're here!)

Day 3 - Wednesday November 25: Wanda and Yvonne

Day 4 - Thursday November 26: Robyn and Selma

Day 5 - Friday November 27: Diana and Suzanne

If you get lost, just hop back to the Quietfire Creations blog to find all the links!
The deadline for leaving comments is Sunday November 29, 2015 at midnight PST.  Winners will be posted shortly afterwards here on Quietfire Creations.
Good luck and have fun!

Here is Judi's fabulous project! 

Thank you for inviting me to be today’s guest designer. My projects are a pair of mini totes made of wood that can be found in the unpainted wood products department of many craft stores. They’re the perfect size for storing Artist Trading Cards, pens and a small note pad, or a few makeup brushes. Put one at each person’s place as a party favor, make some for gifts, and be sure to make one for yourself!

Pick your favorite Shimmer Sheetz color (shown: Amethyst Gemstone) and choose the rest of the elements in your project to coordinate. You’ll need paints for Tote #1; Shimmer Sheetz, alcohol inks, and peel-offs for Tote #2. 

Instructions - Tote #1:

1. Base-coat the wooden mini tote, inside and out, with acrylic paint in a color that coordinates with the Shimmer Sheetz you’ve selected. Use a stencil brush or craft sponge to dab on two or more additional colors on all sides of the exterior of the tote, one of them a metallic color like copper (as shown), gold, or silver. Allow paint to dry thoroughly.

2. Back a piece of Shimmer Sheetz with Elizabeth Craft Designs Clear Transparent Adhesive Sheet. Die cut the word Believe, following the instructions in Els van de Burgt’s YouTube video. A Metal Adaptor Plate is required for cutting Shimmer Sheetz. If you have a Big Shot Machine use a Precision Base Plate. 

3. Remove the backing to expose the adhesive and position the die cut Believe on the front of the tote at an uphill angle as shown.

Instructions – Tote #2:

1. Paint the tote as described in step 1 for Tote #1, leaving the front of the tote unpainted except for the edges.

2. Place the tote on top of a piece of paper and use a pencil to trace around the front to create a cutting pattern. Cut out the pattern.

3. Alter a piece of Shimmer Sheetz that is slightly larger than the cutting pattern with two or more alcohol inks, one of them a metallic color like gold (shown), copper, or silver. Ink-altered Shimmer Sheetz can be the same color as the die cut word Believe or a different color – as shown: it is the same Amethyst Gemstone. Back the piece with Clear Transparent Adhesive Sheet.

4. Alter gold leaf and gold lace border peel-offs with one or more alcohol inks in coordinating colors.

5. Die cut the word Believe following step 2 for Tote #1.

6. Use the cutting pattern from step 2 to cut Shimmer Sheetz to fit on the front (unpainted) side of the tote. Remove backing to expose adhesive and place the Shimmer Sheetz onto the tote.

7. Place the word Believe at an uphill angle on the Shimmer Sheetz-covered front of the tote. Add altered leaf and lace border peel-offs to complete the project, trimming peel-offs as needed.

Other Options:

*Instead of the word Believe, use a different die from Suzanne Cannon’s A Way With Words Collection. (Thinking of You, Merry Christmas, and Hello fit without trimming; Happy Birthday and Season’s Greetings will need to be trimmed a bit for the best fit.)

*Instead of a mini tote, decorate a wooden box, pencil jar, cigar box, or other container.

*Make holiday cards, tags or other projects using painted cardstock or altered Shimmer Sheetz in combination with die-cut adhesive-backed Shimmer Sheetz words.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs –

1049 Believe die, A Way With Words Collection by Suzanne Cannon Quietfire site | ECD site

Shimmer Sheetz in Amethyst Gemstone or color of choice

1276 Ribbon Fantasy Goldpeel-offs

2598 Branches withLeaves Gold peel-offs

803 Metal AdaptorPlate

Other –

Wooden mini totes; DecoArt Americana Acrylic paints in colors to coordinate with Shimmer Sheetz; Alcohol inks in colors to coordinate with Shimmer Sheetz; Flat paint brush; Stenciling brush or craft sponge; Alcohol ink applicator tool; Pencil, paper

Your next stop on our Sentiments of the Season Blog Hop is Kathy Jo's Blog. See you there!  Don't forget to leave a comment here and there to make yourself eligible for a prize.  Good luck!